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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andok" data-source="post: 2755216" data-attributes="member: 35857">I first got involved with D&D in high school.  Back then, I knew so many people that played D&D, it was easy to find people with similar personalities and interests to game with.  When I graduated and joined the military, I met a lot of new players, but I knew far less than I did when I was in high school so it was a little more difficult to find gamers with similar personalities and interests (Read: normal, outside-of-the-game friends).  As the years went by, I have gradually known less and less D&D players.  Now, I am 40, ‘married with children’, and I can’t find any gamers that I would be comfortable hanging out with outside of the game.  They’re all much younger than me, or they are one of those stereotypical, unhygienic, dorky, 40-year old virgins that you see hanging out in hobby stores.  I don’t have anything against that type of person - I just wouldn’t want to invite them over to my house for beer, BBQ, BSing, and football.I asked several non-gaming friends if they would like to get together about once a month to play D&D, and none were interested.  I tried meeting new gaming friends through bulletin boards or online forums, but everyone I meet that way is uncomfortably dorky.  Again, I have nothing against these people – I just prefer hanging out with people more like myself (35- to 40-year old married guy, with a house, career, and clean cloths that weren’t purchased in the 80’s, etc.).I know there must be other guys like me out there that game, but for the life of me I can’t figure out how to find them.  Is it time to put all of my gaming books into long-time storage and find a new hobby?</blockquote>

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